This study assesses the extent of COVID-19-related food insecurity in Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia.

Lockdowns induced by COVID-19 have threatened food security in most developing countries.

Concerns over the potential effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to trade restrictions by major rice exporters, contributing to an average 25% increase in Thai and Vietnamese rice export prices between December 2019 and March–September 2020.

This article provides evidence of the immediate impacts of the first months of the COVID‐19 crisis on farming communities in central Myanmar using baseline data from January 2020 and follow‐up phone survey data from June 2020 with 1,072 women and

The food system, and those who depend on it, have been strongly but unevenly affected by COVID‐19.

This article examines the short‐term effects of the COVID‐19 lockdown on food security and nutrition in rural Guatemala.

It is widely feared that the shock of the COVID‐19 pandemic will lead to a significant worsening of the food security situation in low and middle‐income countries.

Coronavirus disease 2019 and related lockdown policies in 2020 shocked food industry firms’ supply chains in developing regions. Firms “pivoted” to e‐commerce to reach consumers and e‐procurement to reach processors and farmers.